Schools

Skyline High School freshmen, from left, Mercedes Palomarez, Colin Wappel, David Byrd and Alli Curtis interview Olga Cordero, center left, and Sara McDonald as part of a history of Longmont project at the school library on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. (Richard M. Hackett/Times-Call)

When Aspen Christian School closes this year, sisters Stephanie, left, and Kathleen McArthur along with the school's 10 other students will be forced to find another. Officials at the Seventh-day Adventist School, which has been in Longmont since 1953, said it is closing because families can no longer afford the tuition and funding from the church has been reduced in recent years. Several faith-based schools have reported handing out more in tuition-assistance and others are seeing enrollment dropping off in a tight economy. Photo taken Wednesday, April 14, 2010. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)

Kathy Kridel, center, is a parent volunteer and helps with physical education at Aspen Christian School in Longmont, where her twin boys -- Blake and Bradley -- attend sixth grade. Kridel says the smaller class sizes have helped the twins excel in academics, where before they struggled in traditional school. The 57-year-old Seventh-day Adventist School is closing after the end of this school year. Officials cite families can no longer afford the tuition and funding from the church has been reduced in recent years. Several faith-based schools have reported handing out more in tuition-assistance and others are seeing enrollment dropping off in a tight economy. Photo taken Wednesday, April 14, 2010. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)

Savannah Cooch rehearses with the hand chime choir at Coal Ridge Middle School in Firestone on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, for their next day performance at the University of Northern Colorado. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)

Erie Middle School's Kaitlyn Thomson is dissapointed after learning she answered incorrectly in a district-wide middle school geography bee at Heritage Middle School in Longmont on Wednesday, April 6, 2010. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)

McKayla Nelson rehearses with the hand chime choir at Coal Ridge Middle School in Firestone on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, for their next day performance at the University of Northern Colorado. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)

Heritage Middle School's Ariel Lopez is ecstatic to have answered correctly during a district-wide middle school geography bee at Heritage Middle School in Longmont on Wednesday, April 6, 2010. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)

Golden Van Lines employee Kienan Clark of Longmont moves books into the new library at Skyline High School in Longmont on Friday, April 2, 2010. More than 12,000 books were being moved from the old library. (Richard M. Hackett/Times-Call)

Teacher librarian Jill Cope of Louisville directs placement of bookcases with Golden Van Lines employee Brent Sudweeks of Loveland at the new Skyline High School library in Longmont on Friday, April 2, 2010. More than 12,000 books were being moved from the old library. (Richard M. Hackett/Times-Call)

Silver Creek High School Percussion Ensemble members Jamie McElyea and Lyndon Moller nervously wait in a hallway before performing at the Longmont High School Winterline Competion Saturday March 27, 2010. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)